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A man watches rescuers searching for victims or survivors at a blast site in the city of Ganja. AFP
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Retired police officer Guennadi Avanessian, 73, searches for belongings in the remains of his house, which he said was destroyed by Azeri shelling, in the city of Stepanakert. AFP
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Women, whose houses are damaged, sit near the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. Reuters
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Razim Mehmedov, 40, holding his daughter's backpack stands in his flat that was damaged and burnt by shelling as residents return to their homes after a ceasefire in the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the town of Terter, Azerbaijan. AFP
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Ashot Aghajanian, 54, stands in the yard of his house destroyed by shelling in Stepanakert. AFP
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Men are seen next to a house damaged by recent shelling during the military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Stepanakert. Reuters
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A woman searches for belongings in her damaged house hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. Reuters
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Women are distraught after fighting broke out in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. AFP
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A shop owner stands in front of his destroyed premises in Ganja. Reuters
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A damaged car in Ganja. Reuters
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Xatire Celilova stands inside her destroyed flat after a ceasefire, in Terter, Azerbaijan. AFP
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Razim Mehmedov, 40, sits in a bedroom of his flat that was damaged and burnt by shelling as residents return to their homes in Terter. AFP
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Yasin Budakov, 40, holds a book, which his child forgot to take when they were running out of the family’s damaged flat in Terter. AFP
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A man watches rescuers searching for victims or survivors at a blast site in the city of Ganja. AFP
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Retired police officer Guennadi Avanessian, 73, searches for belongings in the remains of his house, which he said was destroyed by Azeri shelling, in the city of Stepanakert. AFP
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Women, whose houses are damaged, sit near the blast site hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. Reuters
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Razim Mehmedov, 40, holding his daughter's backpack stands in his flat that was damaged and burnt by shelling as residents return to their homes after a ceasefire in the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the town of Terter, Azerbaijan. AFP
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Ashot Aghajanian, 54, stands in the yard of his house destroyed by shelling in Stepanakert. AFP
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Men are seen next to a house damaged by recent shelling during the military conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Stepanakert. Reuters
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A woman searches for belongings in her damaged house hit by a rocket during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. Reuters
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Women are distraught after fighting broke out in the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. AFP
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A shop owner stands in front of his destroyed premises in Ganja. Reuters
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A damaged car in Ganja. Reuters
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Xatire Celilova stands inside her destroyed flat after a ceasefire, in Terter, Azerbaijan. AFP
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Razim Mehmedov, 40, sits in a bedroom of his flat that was damaged and burnt by shelling as residents return to their homes in Terter. AFP
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Yasin Budakov, 40, holds a book, which his child forgot to take when they were running out of the family’s damaged flat in Terter. AFP
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A man watches rescuers searching for victims or survivors at a blast site in the city of Ganja. AFP
Nagorno-Karabakh residents inspect destroyed homes during ceasefire
Devastated home owner rails at Azerbaijan and Turkey for damage to neighbourhoods
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11 October, 2020
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